Steven Cooper, the first CIO of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lacks clout

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http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1023achief.html
By Paul Roberts
IDG News Service
10/23/04

Steven Cooper, the first CIO of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, is responsible for the IT assets used by 190,000 federal
employees, but he's in a position that doesn't wield a lot of power.
In fact, a July 2004 report from the DHS Office of the Inspector
General found that the CIO lacks the authority to manage the
department's technology assets and programs.

The report, titled "Improvements Needed to DHS's Information
Technology Management Structure," says the CIO is responsible for the
creation of the department's communications infrastructure -
consolidating disparate networks, data centers and systems inherited
from member agencies. He oversees eight of the top 25 IT projects
being implemented by civilian federal agencies, including the
controversial US-VISIT visa program and the Integrated Wireless
Network project that involves the Departments of Justice, Treasury and
Homeland Security. (Then there's the matter of IT security: A 2003
Inspector General report found that none of DHS's constituent parts
had fully functioning IT security programs.)

Despite these challenges, Cooper's office has been allotted limited
resources - fewer than 65 employees to support a 180,000-person
department. CIOs for member organizations within DHS have larger
staffs than that.

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